Louis IV of Germany

Louis IV of Germany (1 April 1282-11 October 1347) was the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1328 to 1347, succeeding Henry VII of Germany and preceding Charles IV of Germany.

Biography
Louis was born on 1 April 1282 to Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria and Matilda of Habsburg, and in 1307 he fought a civil war with his brother Duke Rudolf I of Bavaria in Lower Bavaria after quarreling for six years, and peace was made in 1314; at the Battle of Gammelsdorf in 1313, he defeated the Austrian Frederick III of Germany in battle. Louis would be rivals with Frederick, and on 28 September 1322 he defeated him again at the Battle of Muhldorf. In 1314 he was crowned King of Italy despite Pope John XXII later excommunicating him, and in 1328 he was elected as Emperor. Louis rivalled the Papal States, and in 1328-1330 the last Imperial antipope, Antipope Nicholas V, was set up by Louis. In 1337 he allied with Edward III of England against Philip VI of France to keep the Kingdom of France under control, and he reigned until his death from a stroke during a bear hunt on 11 October 1347.